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The above excerpt from today's Boston Globe is spot on. While Trump (Drumpf), as odious as he is for a majority of Americans, Cruz is equally as odious and indeed far more dangerous to American civil liberties. The GOP field, with the exception of perhaps Kasich who doesn't stand a chance, is one of, if not the worst in modern GOP history. In fact, and it pains me to say this, the GOP is currently the best argument for voting democratic this year.
With his archaic views, ill-informed grasp of civil rights, and noxious ambition, Cruz shouldn’t be allowed any closer to the Oval Office than a White House tour. This is a man whose crowning achievement has been the 2013 government shutdown, which he engineered to force President Obama and the Democrat-led Senate to gut the Affordable Care Act. Of course, Obamacare remained intact, and what most people remember about their government being held hostage is Cruz reading “Green Eggs and Ham” during a 21-hour speech.
It was, as Josh Holmes, a former aide to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told The Washington Post, “like a toddler’s version of legislating.”
And as every toddler knows, if you act up long enough, you’ll get your way. In the case of Cruz, then a freshmen senator and a Tea Party darling, it was about juicing his national profile in preparation for the presidential run he is now inflicting on us. No wonder his fellow Republicans, blamed for the shutdown, are loath to support a man willing to torch his party and country in order to further his own career.
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Is it that we've been trained by years of TV watching? Why wren't we all wondering how it got this bad, how any of this could be real? Seems to me this goes very far beyond the usual sleazy candidate and well into apocalyptic territory.
ReplyDeleteI'm very unhappy with the Democrats these days, and really, who the hell esle can you vote for.
I think your point about being trained by years of viewing TV is spot on. To put it another way, media, particularly rightwing radio and television, have been inculcating American viewers to the point many conservatives have stopped thinking for themselves.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats have really never been my cup of tea so to speak but yes, given the alternative today there really isn't much choice. The lesser of two evils I guess.
That's too often the case and as long as the Republican party keeps pandering to the angry mob i see no change coming.
ReplyDeleteFor years, State Republicans has been legislating what goes on in your bedroom, your underpants, and other private parts. Now they are recycling their worst politicians like used toilet paper. Bottom line (no pun intended), Never let a good smear go to waste.
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